IAML Electronic Newsletter No. 13, July 2004 Jonathan Irons, CEO of SheetMusic- In deference to our truly international membership, Now.com, will be in Oslo on the 9th and you’ll find in this issue a couple of submissions in 10th of August to answer your questions other languages with a summary in English. and to explain the licence models avail- able. For more information, contact Jona- IAML-IASA 2004 in Oslo than (or by phone, at +45 3833 2863) or visit the web site. MusicNetwork special session Friday August 13, 2:15pm Crash Norwegian Info The session, chaired by Massimo Gen- A good information source about the tili-Tedeschi and organized by Norwegian language can be found in the MusicNetwork, will focus on online music Wikipedia (a truly interesting experiment distribution systems from a music library in free and shared knowledge). Nos perspective: How can digital and interac- lecteurs français trouveront ces informa- tive technologies enhance the accessibility tions dans les pages françaises du Wikipé- of recordings, scores etc. as far as music dia. Für diejenigen, fleißigen libraries, archives, documentation centers Kollegen unter uns, die ihr Norwegisch etc. are concerned? The session provides a gerne verbessern wollen, empfehle ich brief overview as well as several good diese Web-site. practice examples, complemented by the If you have a few minutes and want to presentation of an extensive analysis of learn Norwegian, the Sons of Norway classification of forms, genres and styles in website may be of help. Hyggelig å online music platforms. The session will be møte deg! concluded by a panel discussion, address- ing experiences, problems and success Music (in) libraries factors.

Digital sheet music content for The Library of the Tbilisi Con- libraries at IAML servatory – a field trip report The Danish SheetMusicNow.com com- Depuis sa création en 1917, le pany announces the expansion of its coop- Conservatoire national de Géorgie peut eration with libraries. In time for the IAML s'enorgueillir d'avoir formé de nombreux conference in Oslo, SheetMusicNow.com artistes dont la renommée a vite dépassé will be introducing the delivery of digital les frontières du Caucase. La bibliothèque sheet music to the Cook Music Library at du Conservatoire, outil pédagogique qui a Indiana University, which will be joining secondé les efforts de plusieurs générations the current list of 39 participating libraries. de musiciens, date de la création même de SheetMusicNow.com is an online cata- l'institution. La Géorgie ayant été rattachée logue of over 13,000 classical and jazz à l'URSS de 1921 à 1991, il n'est pas éton- sheet music editions to download and print. nant de trouver dans les collections de la The collection consists of original pub- bibliothèque, aux côtés d'un fonds géorgien lished editions from leading publishers, d'un intérêt certain, une majorité d'éditions including Universal Edition, Schott Musik russes, du 19e siècle à nos jours. Le rôle de International, Oxford University Press, cette bibliothèque au sein du Caucase est Edizioni Pizzicato, Muzyka and a long list unique et central : elle prête non seulement of others. aux 500 élèves et professeurs du Conserva-

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View of Tiflis (Tbilisi) toire de Tbilissi, mais aussi à 200 écoles de principal s'est trouvé scindé en trois ni- musique réparties dans toute la région, en veaux superposés construits en bois, acces- Arménie par exemple. sibles par des escaliers qui ressemblent à La bibliothèque, qui ne propose aucun des échelles. La bibliothèque a dû répartir document en libre accès, occupe depuis ses collections et les douze personnes qui y toujours les mêmes locaux, devenus peu à travaillent sur 5 niveaux, qui ne totalisent peu extrêmement exigus pour une collec- même pas 400 mètres carrés ! tion qui atteint aujourd'hui les 160.000 La bibliothèque du Conservatoire est au- documents (107.000 partitions, 50.000 tant une bibliothèque des classes qu'une livres, 1.500 cd). Les temps sont d'autant bibliothèque d'étude : de ce fait, elle pos- plus durs que dans la conjoncture écono- sède souvent un tel nombre de doubles mique actuelle, des plus difficiles en Géor- pour une partition que nos collègues géor- gie, le Conservatoire ne trouve pas de quoi giennes estiment qu'il y a seulement payer son personnel, et la bibliothèque ne 30.000 titres derrière les 107.000 exem- dispose plus d'aucun budget depuis 1990, plaires référencés. Malgré tout, au rythme ni pour faire des acquisitions nouvelles, ni auquel la bibliothèque prête ses collections pour entretenir les collections qu'elle pos- – 60.000 prêts par an –, sans pouvoir les sède déjà. Les partitions et les livres sont restaurer quand c'est nécessaire, il est per- mis à disposition des usagers dans leur état mis de s'inquiéter sur ce qu'il en restera originel : un document détérioré le reste et dans quelques années. D'autant que, du fait aucune reliure n'est possible. Dans les de leur faibles ressources et de la difficulté magasins, la poussière s'accumule sur les à se procurer des partitions, les élèves ne ouvrages, les serre-livres sont rares, les peuvent s'offrir une bibliothèque person- partitions se tordent faute d'être rangées nelle : du coup, l'absence de photocopieuse dans des boîtes adaptées et les étagères sur place les incite malheureusement à construites autrefois en acier trop fragile arracher les pages dont ils ont besoin dans ploient puis cassent. Au siècle dernier, il a les partitions. fallu faire face avec très peu de moyens à Les Géorgiens ne baissent pas les bras l'augmentation des collections : le magasin dans ces temps difficiles, et la directrice du

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The history of Georgian traditional music is primarily that of Georgian folksong: the vocal repertory, with or without instrumental accompaniment, is particularly rich and there are also many types of traditional instru- ments. Polyphonic singing, complex musical structures and variety of styles distinguish Georgian folksong. There are many talented folk groups in Georgia whose common purpose is to revive and preserve Georgian folk music. Perhaps the best known of these is the Rustavi Choir. As Georgia formally converted to Christianity in 337, its church music was first influenced by Syria and Byzantium. Subsequent development of Georgian church music was strongly influenced by the activity of Georgian monasteries and other religious centres outside Georgia (Bulgaria, Greece, Palestine...). The Opera and Ballet Theatre in Georgia has long, historical heritage. It celebrated 150th anniversary since its foundation in 2001. The development of Georgian art music followed a course characteristic of many East- ern European schools of composition during the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. A few decades saw a rapid advance from the first experiments in composition and an amateur musical culture to a thoroughly professional approach to composition in the context of increased musical activity in the con- cert hall and opera house. The evolution of Georgian music from the 1960s to the 90s had much in common with that of Western music in the late 20th century. Among its influential composers, Meliton Balanchivadze (1862-1937) and his son Andria (1906-1992) – father and brother of George Balanchine – played a major role in the development of Georgian art music: Meliton wrote the first Georgian opera, Tamara the Cunning, while Andria' ballet The Heart of the Mountain and First Symphony laid the foundations of Georgian ballet and symphonic music. Sources: - Leah Dolidze et al.: “Georgia”, Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 9 July 2004). - Parliament of Georgia Web site, Georgian Music Web site, Georgia Musical Cultural Portal, Georgia Internet directory Conservatoire, la pianiste Manana Doid- tent tous les jours avec des difficultés de jashvili, est une inlassable ambassadrice tous ordres pour parvenir à exercer leur pour son établissement. Grâce à un sponsor métier, et à ce que nous pouvons faire pour allemand, la bibliothèque est ainsi équipée les aider. Le Conservatoire de Paris a pro- depuis deux ans d'une douzaine de postes posé de recevoir en stage la bibliothécaire d'écoute audio, et il sera peut-être bientôt chargée de l'informatisation de la biblio- possible de lui aménager de nouveaux lo- thèque du Conservatoire de Tbilissi, l'am- caux plus vastes et mieux adaptés au sein bassade de France à Tbilissi a fait le tour du Conservatoire. des ordinateurs qu'elle pourrait donner, et L'informatisation est aussi un sujet d'ac- j'ai chaudement recommandé à mes collè- tualité. La Bibliothèque nationale de Géor- gues géorgiennes de faire une demande gie s'informatise avec le logiciel ISIS, et auprès de la commission Outreach de les bibliothécaires du Conservatoire sou- l'AIBM pour venir au plus vite à l'un des haitent en profiter pour sauter le pas eux congrès annuels. aussi. Mais que de difficultés à vaincre ! Bérengère de l'Epine, Média- Certes le logiciel de l'UNESCO est gratuit thèque Hector Berlioz, Paris et le Conservatoire dispose du personnel The library of the Tbilisi (Tiflis) Vano Sa- nécessaire à la saisie du catalogue, mais il rajishvili State Conservatory of Georgia was estab- n'y a pas d'argent pour acheter les ordina- lished in 1917, together with its mother institution, teurs nécessaires. Le Conservatoire et la many of whose students have gained a reputation Bibliothèque nationale sont d'accord pour extending far beyond the Caucasus. Its collections – of over 160,000 documents (107,000 scores – most cataloguer dans une base unique, mais le in multiple copies, 50,000 books, 1,500 CDs) in- coût d'une connexion informatique entre clude Georgian documents of interest, as well as les deux établissements n'est pas aborda- many Russian publications from the 19th cent. on. It ble. La Bibliothèque nationale a choisi le plays a major regional role – not only as a lending format Unimarc pour son catalogue, mais library to the 500 students and staff of the Conser- vatory, but to 200 schools of music throughout the pour l'instant, personne n'a catalogué de Caucasus, including Armenia, at the rate of 60,000 musique imprimée en format Unimarc dans documents a year. aucun des deux établissements, et ce n'est Unfortunately, it is in dire straits: it ran out of pas facile de se lancer sans aucune expé- space in the original building which has become rience. wholly inadequate, it has had no budget since 1990 to pay its staff, nor for acquisitions, document re- J'avoue qu'à mon retour de Géorgie, j'ai pair or restoration. Moreover, the lack of a copier souvent pensé à nos collègues qui se bat- encourages students to rip pages out of scores when

3 IAML Electronic Newletter N° 13 July 2004 they need them… The director of the Conservatory, tes, est tout aussi important que l’écrit et the pianist Manana Doidjashvili, has been tirelessly diversité des supports. Les questions péri- looking for alternative funding: thanks to a German sponsor, the library received two years ago a dozen phériques à la gestion de ce patrimoine audio listening stations, and hopes to move to lar- comme la question des droits d’auteur et ger and more adequate space within the Conserva- d’exploitation (exposé de Vivian Alvarado tory. As the National Library of Georgia is cur- Baena) et les problèmes posés par la rently computerizing its catalog with the ISIS free conservation, le transfert des données sur software in Unimarc, the Conservatory intends to follow suit and integrate its collections in the future support numérique ou la formation des national catalog, but has no means to buy com- personnes chargées de la gérer ont été aussi puters nor a link to the National Library. In addi- largement abordées. tion, none of their librarians has ever catalogued Les communications ont été organisées printed music in Unimarc. en quatre thèmes et demi-journées. Au How can we help our colleagues? The Conserva- toire de Paris has offered to help train the librarian cours de la première consacrée à la fonc- in charge of this project. I strongly urged our tion des bibliothèques nationales en ma- Georgian colleagues to apply to the IAML Out- tière de préservation, de recherche et de reach Commission for help in attending one of our diffusion, Lina Espitaleta, directrice de la annual conferences. Bibliothèque nationale, a tracé de façon aussi large que pertinente les contours de la Libraries and Musical Heritage notion de patrimoine musical en insistant – a conference report sur l’importance du dépôt légal dans la Le deuxième colloque franco- constitution du patrimoine musical ; elle a colombien qui s’est tenu à Bogota les 29 et élargi son propos aux collections musicales 30 avril a été consacré au patrimoine musi- des bibliothèques nationales en Amérique cal dans les bibliothèques et archives mu- du Sud. Catherine Massip, directrice du sicales. Organisé par le ministère de la département de la Musique à la Bibliothè- Culture colombien et par l’ambassade de que nationale de France, a ensuite présenté France en Colombie, il réunissait, aux cô- le patrimoine musical écrit de la Bibliothè- tés de bibliothécaires et chercheurs colom- que nationale de France, qui s’étend du e biens des participants venus de France et Moyen-Age au XX siècle. de Cuba. Cette réunion s’inscrivait dans un Dans le cadre du thème « De la recher- double contexte : celui de la très dynami- che à la diffusion des collections », Gilles que et ample 17ème foire internationale du Pierret, directeur de la Médiathèque musi- livre de Bogota qui attirait un public consi- cale de Paris, a mis en valeur la nécessité dérable de jeunes lecteurs, lycéens et étu- de donner enfin aux enregistrements sono- diants, et dans celui d’un plan du gouver- res de toute nature un vrai statut de docu- nement colombien en faveur de la lecture ments patrimoniaux avec la même politi- publique qui a pour but de mettre les que de conservation à long terme que pour grands chefs d’œuvre de la culture univer- le support papier. Le Professeur Egberto selle à portée de la population et qui se Bermudez de la Fondation pour la musi- développe au niveau des principales villes, que, harpiste et musicologue, spécialiste de Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Baranquilla sous la musique coloniale en Colombie, a retra- forme de constructions de nouvelles biblio- cé les résultats des recherches faites sur la thèques mais aussi dans les villes de moin- musique colombienne depuis ses origines e dre importance et dans les villages. au XVI siècle. Ellian Anne Duque, de la Une quinzaine de communications ont faculté de musique à l’université nationale permis de mesurer la richesse et la diversi- de Colombie, a insisté sur la non- té des patrimoines musicaux, diversité de pertinence des notions de musique savante nature puisque l’oral –« patrimoine imma- opposée à la musique populaire pour la tériel » selon la définition de Unesco – qui Colombie, et a exposé ses travaux sur les e nécessite des campagnes de collecte urgen- périodiques colombiens de la fin du XIX

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From left to right: Gilles Pierret, Catherine Massip, Michael Fingerhut, Stella de Paramo and Lina Espinaleta siècle, diffuseurs de musique et finalement collecte et la conservation du patrimoine principaux acteurs de l’édition musicale en musical ont été présentés, collections, Colombie, avec des exemples de pièces fonctionnement, public, comme le centre pour piano éditées et enregistrées. de documentation de la Bibliothèque na- Autour du thème « Patrimoine musical tionale créé en 1976 et présenté par Jaime en Colombie et en France : regards croi- Quevedo, de même que les réalisations de sés », Michel Fingerhut a exposé les réali- la maison des Amériques à Cuba pour la sations de la médiathèque de l’Ircam dans restauration et sauvegarde de leur patri- le domaine du numérique et de son utilisa- moine enregistré, par Arien González tion pour la diffusion de fonds patrimo- Crespo et Layda Maria Ferrando Ledo. niaux sonores en ethnomosicologie et en Le colloque s’est terminé par une table musique contemporaine, le musicologue ronde présidée par Stella de Paramo, direc- Mariano Candela a présenté la culture mu- trice du département de la musique de la sicale de la Caraïbe colombienne avec bibliothèque Luis Angel Arango de Bogo- l’objectif clair de conserver pour diffuser ta. Durant les échanges qui s’y sont tenus et Carmen Alvarado de Escorcia le fonc- entre les intervenants de ces deux journées tionnement du centre culturel de la Caraï- et le public, les questions de formation et be. Les interventions de musicologues co- de normes ont été évoquées, et Michel lombiens ont montré des exemples de mise Fingerhut a plaidé en faveur d’un rappro- en valeur du patrimoine musical par les chement des professionnels du patrimoine chercheurs, du point de vue du collection- dans le cadre de réseaux associatifs, no- neur de disques et des difficultés qu’il ren- tamment celui de l’AIBM. contre ou de la collecte du patrimoine oral Ces communications feront l’objet d’une des cultures indiennes avec un appel pour publication. alerter sur les risques de disparition de ce Catherine Massip, Département patrimoine. de la musique, Bibliothèque Du côté des bibliothécaires, plusieurs nationale de France exemples d’institutions ayant pour objet la

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The 2nd Franco-Colombian symposium on to handle sound material (cataloguing, digitization, libraries, which took place during the 17th interna- and the like). In response, Michael Fingerhut urged tional book fair of Bogota, Colombia, was dedi- them to build up inter-organization cooperation cated to the topic of musical heritage in libraries and affiliate with an international network such as and archives. Co-organized by the Colombian Cul- IAML, so as to be able to benefit from other librar- ture Ministry and the French Embassy in Colombia, ies’ experience. it brought together Colombian librarians and re- The proceedings of the conference will be pub- searchers together with guest speakers from France lished by the Colombian Ministry of Culture. and Cuba. Most of the communications described the wealth of raw material, and the urgent need to Events, publications collect, preserve, organize, and make available this vast amount of sound documents. Questions of technology (for preservation and delivery), stan- News from Australia dards and training (for cataloguing) and rights were regularly raised during these two days. • A one-day IAML sponsored seminar The role of national libraries and the importance on “Music, technology and research”, as of legal deposit for preservation, research and part of the Symposium of the International delivery was described through the experience of Musicological Society, Melbourne, Austra- the Colombian National Library and of the Music lia, will take place Friday 16 July, 2004. It department of the French National Library, repre- sented by their respective directors, Lina Espi- features speakers from the USA, UK and naleta and Catherine Massip. Gilles Pierret, direc- Australia and a distinguished panel of tor of the Médiathèque musicale de Paris; on the speakers in an afternoon forum of discus- theme of “from research to delivery of collections, sion and discourse. insisted on the urgent need to consider heritage • The 2004 Biennial joint IAML (Austra- sound documents on a par with paper documents and develop an appropriate long-term preservation lia) and IAML (New Zealand) Conference policy. will take place in Canberra, ACT, Austra- In the session dedicated to experiences of han- lia 12-15 September. More information dling heritage collections in Colombia and in here. France, examples of preservation and delivery of ethnomusicogical and learned music collections • See the latest issue of Intermezzo: through digital means, by Michael Fingerhut from Newsletter of IAML (Australia). the IRCAM Multimedia Library; while Ellian Anne Georgina Binns, President, Duque, from the Music department at the Colom- IAML (Australia) bian National University showed her work on the role of late 19th cent. Colombian periodicals as publishers of music, insisting on the irrelevance of News from France the learned vs. popular dichotomy for Colombian • New harpsichord organization. The music. The musical heritage of the Caraibs was CLEF (Clavecin en France) non-profit or- presented by Mariano Candela, musicologist and coordinator of the Centro de Documentación ganization has just been established to fa- Musical del Río Magdalena y del Caribe Colombi- cilitate the exchange of information related ano and by Carmen Alvarado de Escorcia, director to the harpsichord and its pedagogy. The of the library of the Cultural Center of the Caraibs. Honour Committee of CLEF is formed by Other talks dealt with the way other insitutions renowned personalities as Huguette Drey- deal with the collection and conservation of musi- cal heritage, such as the Documentation Center of fus, Kenneth Gilbert, Laurence Boulay, the National Library, presented by Jaime Quevedo. Frédéric Dassas, Catherine Massip or Ton The preservation and restoration of sound re- That Tiet. CLEF plans to develop a web cordings at the Casa de las Americas in Cuba was site, to gather the addresses of harpsichord described by Arien González Crespo and Layda music schools and academies, workshops, Maria Ferrando Ledo, all the more striking due to the quality of their work both in terms of technology courses, and harpsichord makers. It will and adherence to standards, in spite of their almost also analyse the new editions of scores, total lack of resources and connections. books and recordings; and will gather the The closing panel allowed for an exchange be- articles, news and most important publica- tween the speakers and the public, mostly of li- tions relating to harpsichord music and brarians, expressing their frustration at the lack of resources, training and experience with standards organology. Finally, the web site will have

6 IAML Electronic Newletter N° 13 July 2004 a specific section for each region of France This book covers over 6000 papers on where the regional correspondents will musical topics presented at nearly 500 con- post news and messages concerning differ- ferences held before the foundation of ent subjects (concerts, instrument renting, RILM. This book includes items from con- classes, others) and a discussion forum. ferences devoted to nonmusical topics, such as psychology or acoustics, as well as Conferences those devoted exclusively to music. Sum- • Style and Meaning in Language, Art, maries of the papers are provided, along Music and Design (October 21-24, Wash- with complete citations and detailed in- ington, DC). The symposium will provide dexes by year, place, sponsoring organiza- a unique meeting ground for researchers tion, and topic. and practitioners in all media that share the Reflecting myriad currents of thought problem of formalizing a notion of style, from the mid-nineteenth century to the being an effective means to generate a dis- mid-twentieth century–the heyday of Ro- course across diverse forms and ap- manticism, the advent of Modernism, the proaches. The goal of this symposium is to rise and fall of Marxism, and the emer- bring such individuals together, to seek out gence of multiculturalism, to name just a common languages and frameworks for few–this book provides a fascinating win- discussion, as well as to establish a shared dow on intellectual history through the set of stylistic tasks, which can be used as prism of music. a test-bed for extending and generalizing The project was begun by Barry S. stylistic work. Keying into stylistic sensi- Brook in the 1970s and has been amplified bility, we hope to make headway into un- and completed by the staff of the RILM derstanding style in an attempt to develop International Center, with the help of a methodology and modeling language for number of contributing abstractors and, representation, analysis and generation of especially, a grant from the Andrew W. differing styles across multiple domains. Mellon Foundation. • I Encuentro de Jóvenes Musicólogos de Speaking of Music is available for im- la SEDEM (First Meeting of Young Musi- mediate shipment. For more information, cologists of the Spanish Musicological or to place a secure Internet order, please Society), November 18-19, Oviedo go to the Web site. To order by check or money order, or to request an invoice, (Spain). Se dedicará una de las please contact Laurice Jackson (+1-212- sesiones a la presentación de 817-1992), or write to RILM Abstracts, comunicaciones libres y una mesa redonda, 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3108, New York, y otra a la realización de un seminario NY 10016-4309, USA. sobre nuevas metodologías de investigación en la musicología, para el Barbara Dobbs Mackenzie, cual se han invitado a tres investigadores Editor-in-Chief, RILM Ab- de reconocida trayectoria. stracts of Music Literature

RILM new publication UK and Ireland RISM database RILM is delighted to announce the pub- A new free-to-access database giving de- lication of Speaking of Music: Music Con- tails of 17th- and 18th-century music ferences, 1835-1966. Edited by James R. manuscripts held in libraries and archives Cowdery, Zdravko Blazekovic, and Barry across the UK and in Dublin has just been S. Brook. RILM Retrospective Series, vol. launched by Royal Holloway, University 4 (New York: RILM, 2004) xxii, 740. of London. Containing details of more than ISBN 1-932765-00-X (hardcover). (Bar- 29,000 pieces of music, it is the result of a bara Dobbs Mackenzie, Series Editor). three-year project undertaken by the Music Department at Royal Holloway in collabo-

7 IAML Electronic Newletter N° 13 July 2004 ration with the Répertoire International des DigiCULT Cultural Heritage Sources Musicales (RISM) UK Trust and Professional CV Service the British Library, with funding from the Archives, libraries, museums, and other Arts and Humanities Research Board cultural and scientific heritage institutions (AHRB). often have difficulty identifying profes- The database includes details of music sionals with expertise in applying relevant manuscripts in the national libraries of ICT. By creating a searchable online CV Scotland and Wales, the British Library, database containing details of experts and public and university libraries, and city and their areas of expertise DigiCULT can help county archives. This is an ongoing pro- the community to identify and gain access ject; more data will be added over the com- to specialists. Persons on the database have ing months and years, including catalogue expertise or an active professional interest records for material in cathedral and chapel in the study and use of ICT in the cultural libraries and in private collections. Digital and scientific heritage field. DigiCULT images of some of the manuscripts will extends an invitation for experts to add also be added, enabling researchers to their CV to the DigiCULT website.l compare the handwriting in manuscripts that are physically miles apart. This new phase of work is also being funded by the Technology and business AHRB. Music incipits are provided for the ma- Sony – BMG merger jority of the pieces, and these can be Despite earlier objections, European viewed in ordinary music notation as well anti-trust regulators are now set to approve as in the Plaine & Easie code used by the merger of the music divisions of Sony RISM. One of the key elements of the da- and Bertelsmann. The EU's deadline to tabase is its tune-search feature. Developed announce the decision is July 22. specially for this project, it allows users to The deal would leave 80 per cent of the type in the first few notes of a piece of market in the hands of four groups: Sony- music and to find both exact matches and BMG, Vivendi Universal, EMI and Warner close matches. Music. Sony-BMG and Vivendi Universal 1 All the data gathered will also be added would control about a quarter each. to the international RISM A/II database, The EU initially said the deal could lead currently published on CD-ROM by K. G. to higher CD prices, fewer choices for con- Saur under the title “Music Manuscripts sumers, and stifle the development of after 1600”, and available also on subscrip- online music downloading. But it con- tion via http://www.nisc.com. N.B. cluded after internal review it did not have Further information about the UK and “sufficient evidence” of collusion or future Ireland RISM project may be obtained harm to consumers. The 50-50 venture is from Dr Sandra Tuppen, Project Manager, still undergoing anti-trust review in the US. c/o Music Collections, The British Library, Business Times, 6/19/2004 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB. Live Concert Commentator Opera Glass Networks developed this Concert 1 The UK manuscripts already catalogued on Companion, a new hand- the international RISM A/II database will be held gadget that assists added to the UK and Ireland database early symphony listeners with next year, once the records have been con- real-time musical com- verted by the RISM central office to a format mentary and live video of suitable for data-sharing. the performance. As easy to use as any

8 IAML Electronic Newletter N° 13 July 2004 other PDA or Palm Pilot (the latest proto- Score of a jazz Mass found type is a Hewlett-Packard Pocket PC, to be Once known as the Queen of the Ivories precise), the Concert Companion received who had played at Carnegie Hall, jazz pi- raves in trials last spring in New York and anist Mary Lou Williams found herself in Pittsburgh. And it's on the fast track to 1954 plunking out songs in a Paris bar show up in symphony halls across the while grieving the death of a friend. In the country. middle of a set, Williams walked out. The Hartford Courant, Three years later, Williams converted to 7/7/2004 Roman Catholicism with Dizzy Gillespie's wife. In 1969, she penned “Mass for Old music, new copyright Peace,” the only jazz Mass commissioned In a case with major re- by the Vatican. Michael Bruch-Pesses, percussions for the music from Pacific University, found the score in industry, British Baroque New Jersey and brought the Mass to per- music expert Dr Lionel formance in Oregon. Williams' Mass Sawkins, 75, has success- blends the sounds of rock, gospel and jazz fully claimed copyright with a chorus, signifying a revolutionary infringement against the change in the Catholic liturgy that began as UK's Hyperion Records a result of Vatican II. Williams created the for a recording of the Sun Mass out of her newfound devotion but King, by Michel-Richard Delalande (1657- also as a reaction to the Civil Rights 1726), which he had adapted and arranged. movement and the deaths of John F. Ken- The record industry now fears that anyone nedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who creates a new edition of a score of an said Tammy Kernodle, author of the new existing composition will be able to claim biography, “Soul on Soul: The Life and a copyright and up to 8.5 per cent royalties Music of Mary Lou Williams.” on any sale, on a work that would other- The Oregonian, 5/6/2004 wise be out of copyright and in the public domain. New work by Theodorakis p2pnet, 7/6/2004 The 78-year-old. Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has written the music to a Music of interest musical, “A Life Full of Greece”, on the occasion of the Olympic Games, which Score of a Bach Cantata found will take place in August. The action takes place between 1950 and 1975. The missing score of the cantata BWV 216 (“Vergnugte Pleissen-Stadt”), of Music from here to eternity which only fragments were known, was found in Japan, in the papers of the pianist In an abandoned church in the German Chieko Hara, who died in 2001 aged 86. town of Halberstadt, the world's longest Bach had composed this piece in 1728 for concert was coming two notes closer to its the wedding of the daughter of a customs end Monday: Three years down, 636 to go. official in Leipzig. Its last known owner The addition of an E and E-sharp comple- was a descendant of Felix Mendelssohn, ment the G-sharp, B and G-sharp that have been playing since February 2003 in com- who was a friend of the Spanish cellist 2 Gaspar Cassado, the husband of Chieko poser John Cage's Organ /ASLSP – or Or- Hara. gan squared/As slow as possible. The five notes are the initial sounds played on a AFP, 4/5/2004 specially built organ – one in which keys are held down by weights, and new organ

9 IAML Electronic Newletter N° 13 July 2004 pipes will be added as needed as the piece A smaller setting but much longer work is stretched out to last generations. The is Morton Feldman’s six-hour-long String concert began Sept. 5, 2001, the day Cage Quartet N° 2 in which the bows are never would have turned 89. As the BBC re- lifted off the strings, and which has re- ported on that day, “If everything goes to cently been released on CD and DVD. plan, the audience could be allowed an Among the longest solo piano pieces: the interval for refreshments and a nip to the British Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji who loo in about three centuries.” The composi- wrote the 4½-hour Opus Clavicembalisti- tion, originally written in 1985 for piano, cum (which consists of 12 movements and rearranged two years later for organ to evolving around a theme with 44 variations last 20 minutes, starts with a silence, and and a passacaglia with 81 variations) in the only sound for a first 1½ years was air, 1930; LaMonte Young whose Well-Tuned the first notes being played in 2003. After Piano lasts 5 hrs, 1 minute and 49 seconds, debates in Germany about what exactly “as or Ronald Stevenson's 80-minute long slow as possible” could mean, the group of Passacaglia on DSCH. German music experts and organ builder Amazon, Art Journal, BBC, behind the project chose the concert's 639- NPR year running time to commemorate the creation of the city's historic Blockwerk Musicians’ corner organ in 1361. This piece, while one of the longest ever, is reputed to be beaten by a 1000-year long Scottish composers on the war composition, based on the sound of Ti- path betan singing bowls and gongs, which will Scottish Opera is in the process of losing not repeat itself until midnight 31st De- nearly 90 staff in a £7m restructuring deal cember 2999. agreed with the Scottish Executive. The More traditional very long compositions company will also endure a “dark” season which one could safely listen to in one where no major operas are performed. Sir sitting include William Havergal Brian’s Peter Maxwell Davies, keynote speaker at Symphony n° 1 “The Gothic”, reputed to IAML 2000 in Edinburgh and recently be the largest (requires more than 1000 appointed as the Master of the Queen's musicians) and longest (close to two hours Music, has described the Scottish Execu- in Schmidt’s 1980 performance) symphony tive's cultural policy and its treatment of in the repertoire (surely beats Messiaen’s the national opera company as a “disgrace” Turangalîla-Symphonie). The Gothic is set and accused politicians of wrecking the in two gigantic parts. The first part is for country's artistic heritage. Earlier this orchestra alone and could almost be a month Craig Armstrong, multi-award- symphony in itself. The second part of the winning composer, resigned from Scot- symphony dwarfs the first completely. land's fledgling Cultural Commission, cit- Brain sets the Latin text for the Te Deum ing the fact that he was the only practising for a monstrous choral group with soloists artist on the eight-strong body headed by and orchestra. Nearly medieval choral James Boyle. Its unveiling had been fol- writing is contrasted with violent orchestral lowed by a bitter public row between outbursts. There are even moments of Boyle and James MacMillan, the nation’s dense tone clusters that predate Ligeti by premier composer, who had criticized in no 50 years. The experience is like that of a uncertain terms the decision to axe the Gothic Cathedral, everything is included, Scottish Opera. the sublime, the terrifying and even the The Scotsman, 6/12/2004 grotesque. The Herald, 6/24/2004

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Berlin and Vienna make peace aspire to write music”, with results of vari- The 20-year-old estrangement of the able quality, except for Mahler, Boulez and Bernstein. His review of some of the great- Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Phil- th harmonic will be ended by a joint concert est conductors since the 19 cent. purports in Berlin on April 2, 2005. Coolness be- to show that “inside just about every maes- tween the two renowned musical organiza- tro lurks a rather small composer squeak- tions dates to 1984 when Herbert von ing for attention.” Karajan, conductor of the Berlin Philhar- monic, cancelled a concert in Salzburg, Jean-Louis Florentz (1947- Austria, because he and his orchestra 2004) members were at odds over his decision to This French composer appoint a woman as clarinet soloist. The studied with Messiaen Vienna Philharmonic was invited to Salz- and Schaeffer, and was burg instead, much to the chagrin of the trained in natural science, Berlin musicians. literary Arabic and eth- UPI, 5/3/2004 nomusicology. He won several prizes (including Ligeti gets Polar Music Prize the Lili Boulanger com- position prize), undertook The 2004 Polar Music Prize was field trips to Africa, and later extended his founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, man- studies of oral traditions to the West In- ager of Swedish pop group ABBA, through dies, Polynesia, Egypt and Israel. His mu- a donation to The Royal Swedish Academy sic favors continuous narrative structures of Music. Its 2004 laureates are bluesman whose preoccupation with the superimpo- B.B. King and Hungarian composer sition, interpenetration and constant trans- György Ligeti. formation of layers and events is influ- The academy cited King, 78, for his enced by African story telling traditions. “significant contributions to the blues” and a “total dedication to his music, a rich re- Grove Music Online, cording history and tireless touring lasting ResMusica, 4/4/2004 more than half a century (that has) made him one of the most prominent figures Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004) within the blues.” A student of Franco The 80-year-old Ligeti was cited for Donatoni, Romitelli fol- “stretching the boundaries of the musically lowed the IRCAM course conceivable from mind-expanding sounds in composition and com- to new astounding processes in a thor- puter music, and worked oughly personal style that embodies both at this research institute inquisitiveness and imagination.” until 1995. In his short The prize is typically split between pop life, he managed to com- artists and classical musicians. Previous pose a score of works, the last one being winners include Paul McCartney, Isaac the video-opera Index of Metals. He won Stern, Bruce Springsteen, Pierre Boulez several international competitions, and his and Quincy Jones. works have been performed internation- Sun Herald, 5/5/2004 ally. A list of works and a biography in French are available on the IRCAM site, in Conductor and/or composers? English on the Andante site and in Italian on the In his weekly column of 6/15, Norman Casa Ricordi and Amadeus Online sites. The Belgian Lebrecht discusses Conductors who score, Ictus Ensemble pub- those conductors who “overwhelmingly lishes a moving homage.

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